Today is Defriend Day (on Facebook)

Facebook has rapidly become such a large part of most people's lives that many have often neglected to notice the vast social implications of this new media. One of those implications often overlooked is the fact that most people have dozens, sometimes hundreds of "friends" on their Facebook "friends" list who aren't really their friend, or even an acquaintance or anyone they are ever going to see in real life ever again.

A lot of the "friends" on people's "friends" list are, in fact, total strangers who they met once and who happened to send them a friend request for any number of reasons. (If you're an attractive girl, then no doubt countless guys have "friended" you hoping to get into your pants and have enjoyed spending countless amounts of time going through your entire online life). Of course, you didn't want to be rude and "deny" most of these friend requests. After all, you have several mutual "friends" with these people, as Facebook conveniently points out to you.




So you accepted these people's friend requests, perhaps a long time ago, and you have now forgotten all about them until just now. Some of these people haven't forgotten about you. Some of these people harbor secret crushes on you, and read every single status update you post; they have learned what you like and what you don't like; they have eyed over every inch of your page; and some have probably masturbated while looking at photos you posted of yourself on Facebook.

Creeped out yet? It's time you start thinking about Facebook a little differently then, and now is the time to begin taking a few simple steps by cleaning up your Facebook "friends" list. This is the perfect time to remove a few people (perhaps even a few dozen or even hundreds of people) from your "friends" list. Blame it on Defriend Day. It's today (no matter what day you're reading this). You're excused. It's OK. Go and do it right now since you're online reading this. Countless others have already done the same.

Of course, some people like collecting "friends" (fans) so they probably have stopped reading this by now and can't even fathom the point of this, but if you're still with me, then please help spread the word about Defriend Day by posting this article (or the YouTube video) on your Facebook page.




Facebook is so much more than most people think it is. There are numerous cases of people's homes being burglarized because they posted a status update saying they were going away for a week, and as a result some scumbag on their "friends" list who friended them at some point in the last few years, breaks into their house and robs them while they're gone. There are also numerous reports of police going online and looking at their local students' Facebook pages and then tracking some of them down and arresting them for underage drinking after using the students' Facebook photos as the evidence.

While Facebook is touted as "social media," it has largely supplemented actual social relationships, and in many cases stunted actual friendships and replaced them with the pseudo relationship that Facebook often brings. The website also functions as a narcissistic catalyst facilitating extreme levels of self-absorption and self-promotion.

To remove someone from your "friends" list you must go to that person's Facebook page and on the bottom left you will find a hyperlink that reads Unfriend. Simply click this, approve the unfriend, and it's done. That person no longer has access to your Facebook page, as long as your privacy settings are set to "friends only." Happy Defriend Day!




My name is Mark Dice, and I wrote this Defriend Day article. I'm also the author of a new book that details, not only Facebook's dangers, but also a variety of other even more important issues regarding how our lives are on the verge of turning into something literally worse than the dystopian world described by George Orwell in his famous novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four.

My book is called Big Brother: The Orwellian Nightmare Come True, if you are interested in learning more. (Available only at Infowars.com) More and more frequently we hear comparisons made between what we see in the news and what we experience in our own reality, and the world described by George Orwell in his book Nineteen Eighty-Four. I too, have been making these comparisons for years, and have compiled over 300 pages of them from mainstream news sources, trade journals, U.S. patent applications, and expert testimony.

I'll show you the scary documentation that Big Brother is watching you, and is more powerful than you could imagine. While my book certainly is scary, it is not as scary as the world we're going to live in pretty soon if people don't get educated and involved in shaping our rapidly changing human experience.

Thank you, and down with Big Brother!

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[BMoses16]

Facebook is actually made so Its hard to completly get off it. If you deactivate your account it does nothing but not let other view your page and if you ever get the urge to go back on its the same as if you never left. All you have to do is sign back in and its like you never left. I defriended everyone and deleted all my pictures but I still have traces on the site because its not plausible to delete every comment and tag and make you friends take down photos of you. Its a bullshit.

[interneti]

I made a status about how much the NBA All-Star weekend sucked, a few of them actually, and some bitch I knew started attacking me and telling me not to watch anymore. I quickly unfriended her. She used to work for me and we always got along, but she was kind of like white trash. We hadn't seen each other in person for years. I've gotten rid of so many Facebook friends, I just don't want people who don't know me anymore to see what I'm writing. A lot of stuff is misinterpreted or taken seriously

[iBridger]

@andrewcadiz2012 fuck this am not into admitting shit!!! but 10 months ago you were right!!!! happy 2012 mother fucker!!!!

[eldorado61guy]

For many on Facebook it is a competition to see who can have the most friends among them. I have under Fifty friends and most of them don't like me much because I say whatever I think. Just tell the truth and see your 'friends' drop you as a hot potato.

[MrShabbirify]

hey bro every is right except the fuckin music shitt

[misterbonzai08]

The number of friends you have on Facebook is proportional to your intelligence/loyalty.

[Organnabis]

Mark, you look a little baked in this video...you deserve it!

[JamesD2023]

I deleted my account recently, it said there is a 14 day period where if I sign back in my account will stay active. But supposedly if I don't sign in for 2 weeks it will be deleted. Guess we'll see if it worked soon. Take care homie.

[Awesomewolfpic]

@esc1127 so you saying a guy in college is working with U.S??

[Awesomewolfpic]

i only add friends and family members i know in real life on facebook XD

[eflat1968]

July 30, 2011 I'm so late seeing this !! Loving this big time I'm going send this out right now !!!!